Initiate supports secure and effective sharing of health information and knowledge through complete, trusted views of patients, members, providers, organizations and their relationships - a capability critical for operating efficient healthcare ecosystems. InitiateAE Interoperable Health is a set of solutions that infuses higher quality information into healthcare enterprise business processes, driving informed decisions, increased efficiencies and reduced costs.

Axolotl's Elysium Exchange clinically networks legacy and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems, while managing patient identity, security and other requirements of a HIE.

"By working in partnership, Initiate and Axolotl combine the core competencies and strengths of each company to bring the full spectrum of healthcare organizations a superior solution for the interoperable exchange of healthcare information," said Lorraine Fernandes, vice president, healthcare industry ambassador at Initiate. Axolotl is a leader in connecting HIEs, and we are proud to be partnered with them.

Axolotl's Elysium product suite will interoperate with Initiate92s widely deployed patient identification solution allowing many enterprise, regional and statewide HIEs to take full advantage of their investment, commented Ray Scott, CEO of Axolotl Corp. 93We are pleased to be working with this market leader in data management solutions for interoperable health.

About Initiate Systems:
Initiate Systems enables organizations to confidently share critical data assets. Multinational corporations, healthcare organizations and government agencies rely on InitiateAE software and services to deliver complete, accurate and real-time views of data spread across multiple systems, domains or databases. Initiate's multi-domain master data management (MDM) solutions facilitate interoperability, information sharing, entity resolution and data quality to increase revenues, reduce costs and mitigate risks. Initiate operates globally through its subsidiaries, with corporate headquarters in Chicago and offices across the U.S., and in Toronto, London and Sydney. For more information, visit www.Initiate.com.

About Axolotl Corp:
Founded in 1995, Axolotl Corp. is North America's leading provider of products and services for secure health information exchange and management. Its award-winning ElysiumAE Exchange suite of solutions enables health care providers to instantly share information, reduce costs, and improve quality and efficiency. Today Elysium helps thousands of health care entities-including hospitals, health systems, regional health information organizations (RHIOs/HIEs), clinics, laboratories, radiology centers and physician practices-to securely exchange clinical information for more than 25 million patients. Elysium's community-wide Master Patient Index, EdgeServer(s), Interoperability Hub, Community Virtual Health Record (VHR), and CCHIT certified EMR with e-prescribing are all provided as a software service (SaaS). In addition, Axolotl-employed U.S.-based transcriptionists provide high-quality medical transcription services, rapid turnaround and total billing transparency using Elysium technology for report delivery. Axolotl is based in San Jose and best known for introducing Clinical MessagingAE, now at the heart of all health information exchange. For more information about Axolotl, see www.axolotl.com.